42 year old Liberal Democrat non-runner who has decided to start going to the gym (again). Lives in Newhaven, Edinburgh with his partner and their two cats Loco and Tazzer.
I am Deputy Director of Campaigns for the Liberal Democrats responsible for Scotland, been a party member since 1997, activist for years and worked for the party since 2000.
I love watching sport, too old to compete and the best sport ever is ice hockey - I support the Edinburgh Capitals, based at Murrayfield.
Woolwich killing - let's not get carried away
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The awful killing of Drummer Lee Rigby was chillingly horrific and a
terrible tragedy, for which my heart goes out to his family. There are
roughly two int...
Ex-Gay Therapy And I
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When it comes to how to deal with ex-gay therapy, I'm deeply conflicted.
On one hand:
- I'm pretty confident that it does not work. Suppressing your sexual...
How Ed Miliband compares to his predecessors
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Now that we’re just a little under two years from the General Election, I
thought it might be useful to see how Dave and Ed compare to the
predecessors as ...
Take Your Pick
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A slightly different TYP this week. At this link you can listen to the
experience of an American who wanted to help build a school in Hiati. The
podcas...
Blogging will be light
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It is Whitsun bank holiday weekend so it must be the Hay Literary Festival.
For once it is not raining so some shopping is the order for the morning
before...
Saturday Seven Up
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This week 302,153 visitors visited 564,500 times viewing 855,065 pages. The
top stories in order of popularity were: WATCH: Sun’s Footage of Terrorist
Atta...
Pentland Avenue wall - latest update
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Back in March, I firstly raised with the City Engineer concerns about a
significant amount of water seepage from the retaining wall along Pentland
Avenue,...
Significant Others
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I’ve not written anything on here about theatre. I can tell because in
creating this post, I’ve just had to add a “Theatre” category. And yet in
the last f...
Flapjack Bars
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I know I’ve done flapjack before but this one is a bit different, its a
thick buttery fudgy type bar flapjack, like you mi...
On grandiose claims about self-selecting polls
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I've got nothing against self-selecting internet polls - I've run a few
myself over the years, and they can be quite entertaining if a lot of
people take p...
I have in my hand a piece of paper…
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Awful things are happening in the news but in my small world it has been a
good day. Hortense has passed her MOT. For the last few weeks I have been
trying...
Woolwich Killing: Who is the Real Target?
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A soldier dead, a family in mourning, a nation outraged and it feels like
the 1970s. This is not a good place to be.
Two Islamist terrorists commit a bruta...
Not Scandinavia, but Ireland...
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In a column in last weekend's *Scotland on Sunday*, former SNP MSP Andrew
Wilson returned to a familiar theme, arguing that *"British identity is key
to d...
Sickened and disgusted: Woolwich attack
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The news that a man has been murdered in full view of witnesses on the
streets of Woolwich makes me feel really sick. That the man killed was a
member of H...
Tim Farron and his Equal Marriage Abstention
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This is the email that Tim Farron sent to all Lib Dem members on April 18th
2012 and why I'm so disappointed with his abstention today:
Dear Chris,
One of...
Day 4521: DOCTOR WHO: The Hurt Doctor
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Saturday:
*A History of the Time Lord*, as recounted by Lawrence Miles, Kate Orman &
John Blum, Paul Cornell and Kate Orman again:
"Once Upon A Time, th...
The Four Freedoms of liberalism
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Tonight I just wanted to record some important words that I feel need
spoken again.
In January 1941 America's greatest president, Franklin Roosevelt, de...
Two bald men fighting over a comb
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Scotland has endured forty years of debate about North Sea oil – who owns
it, how much is there, what is it worth, can we afford to burn it, can we
afford ...
David Brent on ‘How To Play Guitar’
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Online guitar lessons have grown massively in recent years as people give
up instruction books and in-person lessons in favour of learning online
from the ...
9 Press Photographers In Terrorism Stop & Search
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On Sunday the 21st April 2013 myself and another eight lens based
journalists were directed off the motorway by Sussex police officers. Seven
members of ...
This is Ground Control to Planet Point
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He's not David Bowie but Canadian astronaut Chris Hatfield's version of
Major Tom confirms him as the coolest cat in space. This is a video to send
shive...
New direction
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An Update
Much has happened since I last posted. At a UK level we have seen the death
of Margaret Thatcher and the reaction to that, the surge in the local...
Mothers’ Index shows challenges facing Uganda
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Save the Children’s “State of World Mothers” report, published today, is a
stark reminder of the challenges faced by developing countries in
addressing mat...
500 days to go and time for us all to raise our game
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For the referendum is managing to unite folk in the most curious of ways. I
found myself taking part in a Stirling University on-air and on-line debate
las...
How do you solve a problem like UKIP?
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Yesterday was certainly a very good day for Nigel Farage’s party (or, as a
prefers to call it, an outfit).
The rather surprising success of UKIP sends out...
A message to the Labour Party: Get better soon…
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In many ways, the current position of the commentariat should be seen as a
compliment to Labour: it’s not often that people can look at a poll lead of
just...
In praise of...Dermot O'Leary
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So, somewhere during the past 3-4 years it turns out that I became
middle-aged. I listen to Radio 2. Mostly on a Saturday. But guess what -
R2 on a Satu...
The end!
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Please note that no one was specifically 'banned' or otherwise excluded
from reading this blog over recent days. As I said in the previous post, it
was a c...
I see Les Mis So You Don't Have To
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Let me first of all start with an apology to the patrons of Screen One in
the Belmont Cinema last night; it was me who loudly guffawed the moment
Russell ...
Seeking the Spiritual in the City
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In recent years, Christians have been increasingly drawn to labyrinth walks
and what labyrinths signified in medieval Christianity. The most famous of
the ...
Green In The Media 13th - 19th August
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Without any fanfare, the World Service have decided to stop broadcasting
their environmental programme One Planet. It's been a welcome and
much-loved (by m...
The King is Dead, Long Live the Queen 60 Years On
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Sixty years ago George VI died of his lung cancer at Sandringham Palace out
in Kenya the young Princess didn't know for some hours. She returned by
plane a...
White smoke over Central Quay as Pope leaves Record
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Pope, who made the move to digital after the best part of a decade at
Central Quay, is the latest signing in STV’s increasingly Real Madrid-esque
policy of...
On being a woman in politics
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A few things have recently been rattling around in my head which concern
women in politics; I've been trying to gather some ideas as to why there
aren't mo...
On the move
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Thank you for reading my blog.
It has now moved to a new home, with a fresh format.
Visit my new page to see all of my expert analysis in one place. You ...
Luke Massey hits fame in Liverpool
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Just had a phone call from one of my fellow Lib Dems regarding my brother’s
apparent fame amongst politicians in Liverpool. As some of you may be
aware, Lu...
I'm backing Tim Farron
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I will vote for Tim Farron to be the next President of the Liberal Democrats, and I'm backing him for three reasons. Number 1: He's a brilliant public speake...
SNP Tactical Voting - The End of the Line
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*Today I announce the mothballing of one blog (this one) and the beginning
of another (**Better Nation**).*
First, the obligatory but still utterly unneces...
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